Such an Imagination

Caleb had Daddy's night at his preschool last night. They both said that they had a lot of fun. They went on a safari. Ms. Nancy made (very crafty) a jeep for them to get in and have there picture made. They had a dinosaur dig, painted dinosaurs, watched a volcano errupt and many many more things. One thing that struck me as humerous was a painting that Caleb had made for his dad at school with a short story about him. Ms. Nancy asked each child some questions about his/her dad and this apparently how Caleb sees his dad.

My Daddy's name is Robbie Mckenna. He is 5 years old. He has red hair and blue eyes. He is tall. My Daddy's favorite thing to eat is hot dogs. His favortie drink is lemonade. My daddy likes to go out to eat at Chili's it is his favorite restaurant.He works on the computer a lot. When daddy comes home from work he goes to bed. At work Daddy paints and he nails. For fun Daddy likes to play on the computer and stuff. My Daddy's favortie thing to wear is blue clothes. His favorite sport is hockey on TV.

For the record, 99% of this is fabricated. I am not sure if I should be concerned or if I should just laugh. Robbie said that he could not find his picture until Ms. Nancy pointed out that Caleb had painted him with red hair??? of all things where did he get red hair??? He is a coke drinker. Unless we are at a baseball game he rarely eats a hot dog. He works at the hospital. He does enjoy the computer. He does wear blue sometimes. He will be 35 next week. And he knows very little about hockey. As much as he would like to come home and go to bed, let's face it, he has 3 kids!!!

Playing tennis

Lydia started taking tennis lessons about a month ago and seems to really enjoy it. Forsyth county offers numerous activites for kids and adults and we have taken advantage of many of them. This particular class is for homeschool kids. She plays with a friend of hers, Mary Blakely that she used to take dance with. Caleb would like to play also but the only class they have for his age group is during the time that he is in school. Maybe next year. And yes she does have a cute tennis skirt however it has been too cold to wear it lately.

Our Dear Grayson

Grayson is the type of child that is so sweet you just want to squeeze and kiss him all day. However, he is also the same child that can bring tears to my eyes on a very consistent basis.And not the happy kind of tears!!! He is pretty much reason A-Z we have yet to expand our family. These photos are all things that he did in just ONE week. It always makes me laugh when other people try and give me advice on how to handle our dear Grayson. But until you have been around him for any length of time you realize there is no mountain high enough for him. He will climb on anything, open anything and destroy anything. I probably hear 100 times a day "MOM! Grayson is ... you can pretty much fill in the blanks with anything. In these pictures of him you will se how he poured an entire box of cereal on the ground. I made him pick it up and put it in the trash. When I took this picture he did not know if he should smile or be scared. You will also see where he took a bag of suckers and put them in the trash can that belongs in his bathroom and proceeded up the stairs with it thinking that I would never notice. Also please notice the lipstick all over his body. Luckily it was a free sample and I would have never worn it anyway. Let's just say thank goodness for school next year. I love him to death, but have never been so challenged as I am with him!!!!

Mayfield Dairy

Because we semi-homeschool, we try and go on many field trips so that the kids can learn outside of the traditional classroom. On Friday we went to the Mayfield Dairy plant in Brasselton, Georgia. We learned what happens to the milk from the time the cows are milked until it gets put in the grocery store. We saw a 10 minute video and took a 20 minute tour of the Mayfield plant. Afterwards we all got Mayfield ice-cream. And of course later that night we had to buy Mayfield ice cream at the grocery store.

Playing soccer

Yes I am officially a soccer mom, and yes I do drive a mini-van :)! Caleb started playing soccer last week. He practices every Friday night and has games every Saturday morning. This schedule works out great because Robbie is off on Friday's and Saturdays so he is able to help coach his team. They are both learning together. The league he is on is fantastic. It is called "Upward soccer". It is a Christ based league. They have a prayer at each practice and game, there is a short devotion at half time during the games, and they have a bible verse they are to learn each week. Caleb really seems to enjoy it. The challenge is keeping Grayson from wanting to play on the field with the rest of the team. He sees no problem with doing whatever he wants. As sad as it makes me he will be old enough to play next year :(

answered prayer

Hallelujah,Praise God, To God be the glory... Finally after almost 2 years on the market we have finally closed the door to our life in Beaufort. Our closing finally happend today and we are so thankful!!! We have been reminded that if you pray persistently God always answers our prayers. We have had many of our friends and family praying for us about this very huge burden in our life. Moms in Lydia's class would constantly ask me how things were going with the sell of our house because there child had been praying for Lydia's house to sell every night since school had started. It was really neat for Lydia to go to school with a praise rather than the constant prayer request. I pray that the knew owners would find happiness there and I am glad they are paying for it now!!!!! :)

Lydia E. Mckenna...first grader...toothless wonder

Lydia finally lost her third tooth on Thursday. It makes me soooo sad everytime this awful thing happens. I begged her to let me get some super glue and put it back. She just laughed. It had been loose for over a month. The tooth fairy brought her seven gold dollars. We are assuming that is because she is seven ??? Hopefully it will be a long time before this tragedy happens again. :)

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

This is the second year that we have celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday which is on March 2. We had "Green Eggs and Ham" for dinner and the kids and I made a "Cat in the Hat" cake for dessert. The kids really enjoy all of his books. They always want to read them over and over. Last year we were able to go see Seusical the Musical at the Alliance chldren's theater downtown. We will have to see what we will come up with next year.

"Our real snow day"

Last Sunday it finally snowed "for real" in our area. Although it was not a significant amount the kids still had tons of fun. This time it was REALLY cold! We are about 30 minutes north of Atlanta and were very disappointed at first watching on the news Atlanta getting tons of snow and we had not gotten any yet. A few hours later we finally got some. It was not a lot, but it was more than we had ever had. It snowed for about 3 hours or so. The kids played in it for about 30-45 minutes and then came in for some hot chocolate.

Our Valentine's Day

Because Lydia's birthday is on the 14th, we usually celebrate valentine's day on the 13th. This year we started what I think will be a new tradition. The kids usually get a few valentine's gifts from grandparents and us. This year we did a scavenger hunt for them to find the gifts. Because Lydia can read this year we hid clues all over the house and they ended up finding there gifts in the garage. They went from room to room. One clue was "this is where Caleb sleeps" etc. We got each of them a pair of sunglasses and a small toy, Nana got them all rain boots and matching rain coats. And Gamma gave each of them a new game for the Wii. We had heart shaped pancakes for breakfast and pink grits. For dessert later that day we made heart shaped lollypop cookies that they each got to decorate. (yes even Grayson)!Next year I think we may try and make heart shaped pizza. We were going to do that this year but we ran out of time. I always try and fit way to many activities into one day.

The never ending birthday.

I am going to try and play catch up on a few of the events that have happened since I first started this blog. ....






As always, our kids birthday's never seem to end. The weekend after Lydia's birthday party Nana came in town to celebrate her "actual birthday". We all made her birthday cake this year. This is something Lydia requestesd because she LOVES to cook. She honestly pretty much did everything on her own. I pretty much just supervised. Even the icing and the fondant. Another one of our traditions (although it is not doctor recommended) is that we have birthday cake for breakfast. We always decorate the dining room with ballons/plastic tablecloth/and Happy Birthday banners. The always expect it but yet act suprised and very excited. We got her a new American Girl doll, and outfit to match and some new crayons and markers. (the last one's all got thrown away after I found Grayson coloring all over the wall with them so after realizing we really needed those I felt I should replace them. :)! Nana gave her a new camera and the #7 precious moment and Gamma gave her a new purse and wallet to match mine with some spending money inside.

Later that day we went to "Snow Mountain" and had a blast. The best part was that it was not very cold outside. We stayed for 7 hours and the kids begged to stay longer. We highly recommend this to anyone that has not done it already. Although if it is actually cold it may not be as fun! They had an area where you could throw snowballs and make snowmen and igloos, an area for Lydia's age and older where you could go down the huge hill in tubes, and an area called little angels for the other kids. All of the kids really enjoy this. Robbie and I were very sore after carying Grayson up and down the hill for hours in the snow .